Cookbook Review: Chasing Flavor

By Dan Kluger, Nick Fauchald

About the Book

This cookbook does more than share the recipe step by step. It breaks the recipe down into components so that you can understand the dish as a whole in its separate components. This book is a long read and has deep understanding on finding flavor.

Grilled Tuna Steaks, P. 306

What to Expect

Everything you need to know about Flavor – Dan Kluger

This cookbook is set up like a traditional cookbook. It has 10 chapters with 6 of them categorizing the types of food and their recipes. Every recipe has a takeaway that highlights a technique being used. Take note that each recipe is split into components making it easier to visualize and create the dish. The index really helps in finding recipes that use a specific ingredient. This book really shows the reader how they can find flavor.

Little Gem Salad, P. 88

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Each recipe has a “Takeaway” section where it reexplains a technique used in a recipe or a component of a recipe that can applied to other recipes.

• The cookbook is strong in vegetarian recipes, making it friendly for vegetarian cooks and readers.

Cons:

• Many of the recipes in the book may seem complex with the many components making it hard to label these recipes as a quick make recipe.

• Although a great book, some of the recipes require a certain degree of skill to perform these techniques which can prove to be intimidating.

Final Thoughts

This cookbook is great for anybody looking to enhance their skill and flavor palette. I recommend this book for creative and home cooks. This cookbook teaches you to approach flavor with confidence.